Book Three – Successions
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Book Three – Successions is the section of the Civil Code of Québec that sets out the legal rules governing inheritance, wills, and the transfer of property upon death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book Three – Successions canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Quebec civil law source
ⓘ
legal text ⓘ part of civil code ⓘ |
| appliesTo | natural persons ⓘ |
| containedIn |
Quebec Civil Code
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Code of Québec, 1994 reform
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| governs |
acceptance of succession
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executor of a will ⓘ formal requirements of wills ⓘ inheritance ⓘ intestate succession ⓘ lapse of legacies ⓘ liquidation of successions ⓘ liquidator of a succession ⓘ partition of successions ⓘ renunciation of succession ⓘ revocation of wills ⓘ rights of heirs ⓘ rights of legatees ⓘ successions ⓘ testate succession ⓘ transfer of property upon death ⓘ transmission of patrimony on death ⓘ wills ⓘ |
| hasAuthority | binding in Quebec courts ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Quebec Civil Code
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Code of Québec
|
| jurisdiction |
Quebec, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
|
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalField |
property law
ⓘ
succession law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | civil law ⓘ |
| purpose |
to protect heirs and successors
ⓘ
to regulate devolution of property on death ⓘ |
| sourceType | statutory law ⓘ |
| usedBy |
courts in Quebec
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lawyers in Quebec ⓘ notaries in Quebec ⓘ |
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